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A federal high court in Abuja has summoned Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), and Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), over the re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore. The court asked them to appear before it on Monday, December 23, for the unlawful arrest and detention of Sowore, pro-democracy activist. Inyang Ekwo, the judge, gave the ...

The First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari, has demanded for the resignation of the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. Hajia Buhari, who levelled a litany of accusations against Shehu, made the demand in a statement she personally signed in the early hours of Wednesday. She accused the presidential spokesman of taking instruction ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Muiz Banire as the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, appointing Edward Lametek Adamu as new chairman of the Corporation. This was contained in a letter read on the floor of the Senate by the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan. The letter, dated December 9, 2019, reads: “In accordance ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muhammad Nami to replace Babatunde Fowler as chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Fowler, whose tenure ended on Monday, was confirmed for a four-year tenure by the senate on December 9, 2015. He is expected to hand over to the most senior director on the board until the senate confirms Nami as FIRS ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has explained why it re-arrested Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow movement. The secret police in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya and made available to The Witness on Saturday said Sowore was re-arrested because he “resorted to acts inimical to security”. The statement further disclosed that its officers did not arrest the activist in court, claiming ...

German Pentecostal Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke is dead. He died on Saturday at the age of 79. He was born on April 19, 1940. His wife, Anni Bonnke, announced the passing away on his Official Facebook Page a few minutes ago. She said; “Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with sorrow that the Bonnke Family would like to announce ...

The Nigerian Bar Association has issued a strong rebuke of the Department of State Services, calling its arrest of Omoyele Sowore in Abuja Court as assault and desecration of the court. National publicity Kunle Edun also called on Nigerians to defend the rule of law: Read the full statement: The Nigerian Bar Association is greatly dismayed at the exhibition of ...

The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services. Sowore was released alongside his cause mate, Olawale Bakare, both of who were arrested for planning #RevolutionNow. Sowore was released hours after the lawyer of the DSS, Hassan Liman (SAN), told newsmen shortly after a Federal High Court sitting in the ...

The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, who was charged with N7.1bn fraud. The court found him and his co-defendants guilty of the entire 39 counts filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Mohammed Idris sentenced Kalu to 12 years’ imprisonment while he ordered the winding ...

The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said the controversial hate speech bill being considered by the Senate is dead. He spoke on Tuesday night at the opening ceremony of Shiloh 2019, an annual event of the church which entered the 21st edition. The clergy said the sponsor of the bill did not propose death ...